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Patented Mar. 17, 1885.

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ClGAR-PERFORATOR.

SPECIFICATIONWforming part of Letters Patent No. 314,043, dated March 17, 1835.

Application filed November 17, 18852. 'Renewed September 30, 1884. (No model.)

ment, thus causing the cigar to be pierced 59 To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, LEANDRO C. Miene LENA, of Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Cigar-Perforator, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention consists of a novel device for piercing the closed or tip ends of cigars before lighting the cigars for smoking, as hereinafter fully described,and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to' be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of my new and improved cigar-piercer. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same; and Figs. 3 and 4 are detailed sectional plan views taken, respectively, on the lines :c 00 and y y of Fig. 1.

A represents the base of the device, which is cast with the central post, B, in which the piercing point or knife K is held, and with the wall or casing C, that surrounds the post B.

In the space D, between the post B and wall C, is placed the cylindrical shell E, which is normally held in an elevated position by the spiral spring L, placed between the top annuvlar plate, G, of the shell and the top of the post B. Thenspring Lsurrounds the point or knife K, and is held in place at its lower end by the rim 7c, formed by recessing the upper end of the post B, and at its upper end by the collar g, surrounding the central opening, h, in the annular plate G.

Rising from the upper side of the plate G are the arms J J, between which is held,immediately over the opening h in the plate G, the

y tapering receiver or holder H, in which the cigar is placed and held 'while being pierced. The holder H is provided with a cover for closing the same when not in use.

The piercing point or knife K stands in the center ofthe opening h of the holder H, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, so that in use it is only necessary to place the cigar to be pierced in the holder H tip downward,and hold and press down the cigar, the shell E, holder `H, Sie., upon the spring L, which will permit the said parts and the cigar to have a downward move- `ing the tip of the cigar slightly at the side to V,insure a free draft in smoking; but these points centrally by the knife or point K. 4 The knife K may be held rigidly and directly by the post B; but I prefer to adapt the knife to yield upon considerable pressure, and at the same time to have a slight twist or axial movement, so that in case the cigar be dry and hard the point will more easily penetrate the cigar without any danger of breaking the Wrapper, and for this purpose I bore the post B, as shown at b, and employ the spirally-grooved stock N, spring N', and pin c, all placed and arranged in the bore b, as shown in Fig. 1.

Z Z are small points,set by preference diagonally in lthe upper end of the post B,for piercmay, if desired, be set straight, or they may be entirely dispensed with.

To facilitate the pressing downward of the shell E, holder H, Src., upon .the spring L, I forni the arms J J with the crutch-piecesjj, upon which the fingers of the user may be placed on opposite sides of the holder, so that the downward pressure will be equal on both sides of the shell, thus insuring a direct downward movement of the shell,and consequently the proper central piercing of the cigar.

The shell E is held from being forced upward out of the space D by the spring L by means of the collar f, formed thereon, and the ring F,secured by the screws a a to the upper end of the wall C, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

rllhus constructed, it will be seen that the device may be made very cheap, and is very quickly and easily used, and by its use cigars may be properly perforated without any danger of breaking the wrapper of the cigar.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

the post B, having bore b and pin c, and the l 5. The combination ofthe base A, provided shell E, carrying a cigar-holder at its upper end, of the spirally-grooved knife-stock N, knife K, and spring N, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with the post B, provided with the bore b, knife K, knife-stock N, shell E, and spring L, of the holder H and arms J, formed with the crutch-piecesjj, snbr stantially as described.

4. The combination,with the base A, spring L, knife K, holder H, and shell E, of the arms d J, provided with the crutch-piecesjj, serving the double purpose ofsupporting the holder and facilitating its downward movement against the tension of the spring, substantially as described. Y

J, having the crutclrpiecesj, and the holder H, secured to and between the' said crutchpieces, substantially as herein shown and described.

LEANDRO C. MICHELENA. Vitnesses: AMADOR ESTEVA,

C. SEDGWICK. 

